Alexander Aaronson (Romania, 1888–Palestine, 1948) was an author and activist who wrote about the plight of people living in Palestine in his book, With the Turks in Palestine.

So passed the days of our training, swiftly, monotonously, until the fateful December morning when the news came like a thunderbolt that Turkey was about to join hands with Germany. We had had reports of the war—of a kind. Copies of telegrams from Constantinople, printed in Arabic, were circulated among us, giving accounts of endless German victories. (More…)